Java plugin: overriding the default configuration hierarchy

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I am migrating a large, long existing ant/ivy implementation. In our existing implementation runtime extends compile (not vice versa as is the default behavior in the java plugin.). Changing this in all modules, descriptors and repositories is a very difficult especially when trying to roll out gradle in parallel.

I have been unable to find a way to access/override the default configuration hierarchy from my gradle scripts ( as I can with the sourceSets for example).

Can any one suggest an approach for altering the default configuration extensions?

2

Try this:

subprojects {
  apply plugin: "java"
  configurations.runtime.extendsFrom = []
  configurations.compile.extendsFrom configurations.runtime
}
3

This fix cause some seriously interesting log output… but I did find that this is already and issue in Jira http://issues.gradle.org/browse/GRADLE-1709

4

http://issues.gradle.org/browse/GRADLE-784 might be a better fit. I think most teams are used to the provided configuration, it is an alternative to flip-flopping runtime and config. You’ll find these configs (providedCompile and providedRuntime) when you apply the war plugin.

5

Is this supposed to work? I’m getting infinite “Failed to notify action.” messages when I try an exactly same script.